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Hello Stefan,

try adding in cinder-volume config, DEFAULT section:

  debug = true

and then attaching its logs.
That sometimes unveils the underlying issue.

-yoctozepto

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:41 AM Stefan Kelber <Stefan.Kelber at gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hello List,
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> i have trouble connecting an INFORTREND iSCSI array as external iSCSI backend to Cinder in OpenStack Victoria, deployed via Kolla-Ansible (All in One, it's still PoC).
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> I use a volume driver provided by the manufacturer, which is listed as "completely" supported by OpenStack.
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> And i can use it to log in to the array using the client.
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> iSCSI session is established.
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> Firewall etc off, as recommended.
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> I can even start cinder-volume and as long as this service stays up, i can create volumes and remove them, but always they are reported in "Error" state.
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> Soon after having started the service cinder-volume, the service shuts down.
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> When reading the logfiles, it looks like the following error is the first one to show up, when starting the cinder-volume:
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> cinder-volume.log:
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> WARNING cinder.volume.manager [req-1290dad2-d09e-40f1-9b38-2f4b5e7accb8 - - - - -] Update driver status failed: (config name IFT-ISCSI) is uninitialized.
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> ERROR cinder.service [-] Manager for service cinder-volume host at IFT-ISCSI is reporting problems, not sending heartbeat. Service will appear "down".
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> DEBUG oslo_concurrency.lockutils [-] Acquired lock "singleton_lock" lock /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/lockutils.py:266
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> DEBUG oslo_concurrency.lockutils [-] Releasing lock "singleton_lock" lock /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/lockutils.py:282
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> cinder.conf is setup according to documentation by the manufacturer, and matches what i found similar from DELL and HITACHI.
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> Googling for this error unveils that this is a very frequent error, but non of the proposed solutions works for me.
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> Does any body have a clue where to look?
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> I am running out of ideas, unfortunately
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> Best
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> SK